/**
 * Copyright 2008 Adam Ruggles.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package kiff.service;

import kiff.entity.ForumAcl;
import kiff.exception.ServiceLayerException;
import kiff.security.Acl;
import kiff.security.Principal;

/**
 * Interface for the Forum Access Control List Service.
 * @author Adam
 * @version $Id$
 * 
 * Created on Dec 1, 2008 at 5:56:10 PM 
 */
public interface ForumAclService extends CoreService<ForumAcl> {
	/**
	 * Returns the Access Control List for a given owner. If the owner is null it will return the default forum acl.
	 * @param owner The owner of the Access Control List.
	 * @return A {@link kiff.security.Acl}.
	 * @throws ServiceLayerException If an exception occurs in the service layer.
	 */
	Acl findByOwner(Principal owner) throws ServiceLayerException;
}
